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| | '''Tarrytown Assembly''' was an [[automobile]] factory in [[North Tarrytown, New York]] now known as Sleepy Hollow. Originally opened by the [[Stanley Steam Car Company]] in 1896, the plant was acquired by Maxwell-Briscoe in 1903 from the Ingersoll-Rand Drill Company. In 1913 Maxwell-Briscoe became just Maxwell. Separate portions of the complex were acquired by Chevrolet in 1914 and 1915. At this time Chevrolet was an independent company and not yet part of General Motors. In 1918 Chevrolet was integrated into General Motors. Its last vehicles produced were GM's first generation minivans, referred to by some as "dustbusters" due to their shape. These were the Chevrolet Lumina APV, Pontiac TranSport, and Oldsmobile Silhouette. It was closed in 1996 when production of [[minivan]]s was moved to [[Doraville Assembly]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. |
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| '''Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly''' is a [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] [[automobile]] factory straddling the border between [[Detroit]] and [[Hamtramck, Michigan]]. It is located about three miles (5 km) from corporate headquarters and has been used for production of [[Buick]], [[Oldsmobile]], and [[Cadillac]] products. | |
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| The 362 [[acre]] (1.46 km²) site was once an inner-city neighborhood known as [[Poletown]], but was razed and converted to a $500 million assembly plant in 1985. Poletown was the location for 1,200 homes and businesses, including [[Chrysler Corporation|Chrysler]]'s [[Dodge Main]] factory. The destruction of this neighborhood was the subject of five years of protests and court battles, but the city sided with General Motors, seeking new jobs and investment. The city took the land by [[eminent domain]], and this decision was later criticized as a misuse of this power.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}
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| The 2,990,000 square foot (278,000 m²) factory was one of the most high-tech in the industry when it was built, and was part of a modernization effort for GM that also included the [[Buick City]] complex in [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]]. Some of the advances in place included a modular paint system, electric (rather than [[hydraulic]]) robots, [[Just In Time (business)|just-in-time]] deliveries, and a plan for paperless operations.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}
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| Not everything worked as planned. The robots were notoriously unreliable and the plant's reliance on them was radically reduced. The [[GM E platform|E-body]] [[personal luxury car]]s manufactured at Poletown were also poorly received and soon cancelled. Cadillac [[GM K platform|K-body]] production was consolidated there in the 1990s, but sales were weakening. By the late 1990s, industry analysts were asking what went wrong at the factory. GM too seemed to be losing faith, cancelling the [[GM Epsilon platform|Epsilon platform]] [[crossover SUV|crossovers]] due to be manufactured there and moving the [[Cadillac Eldorado]] to the [[Lansing Craft Centre]]. But production continued, and Detroit/Hamtramck currently produces large [[front-wheel drive]] cars for Buick and Cadillac.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}
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| ==Products==
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| * 1986–1993 [[Buick Riviera]]
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| * 1986–1992 [[Oldsmobile Toronado]]
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| * 1986–1999 [[Cadillac Eldorado]]
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| * 1986–2003 [[Cadillac Seville]]
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| * 1987–1993 [[Cadillac Allanté]]
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| * 1986–2005 [[Cadillac Deville]]
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| * 2000–2005 [[Buick LeSabre]]
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| * 2002–2005 [[Pontiac Bonneville]]
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| * 2006–2009[[Cadillac DTS]]
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| * 2006–2009 [[Buick Lucerne]]
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| ==Planned Production==
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| * 2010–? [[Chevrolet Volt]]
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| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| * [[List of GM factories]] | | * [[List of GM factories]] |
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| ==References==
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| *{{cite journal
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| | title=GM goes high-tech in the inner city - Poletown
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| | journal=Ward's Auto World
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| | |issue=June, 1985
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| | author=Scott Miner and Richard L. Waddell
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| | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3165/is_v21/ai_3798870
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| | format={{Dead link|date=May 2008}}}}
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| *{{cite journal
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| | title=Update: the machines that didn't change the world - robots in the automobile industry
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| | journal=Ward's Auto World
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| | issue=Nov, 1991
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| | author=Drew Winter
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| | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3165/is_n11_v27/ai_11535771
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| *{{cite journal
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| | title=Condemn nation
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| | journal=The (Colorado Springs) Gazette
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| | issue=Aug 4, 2004
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| | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20040804/ai_n10037670
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| *{{cite web
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| | title=GM Commits to Volt Production in Detroit-Hamtramck, Michigan 2010
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| | url=http://gm-volt.com/2007/09/28/gm-commits-volt-production-in-hamtramck-michigan-2010/
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| | accessdate = 2008-09-22
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| [[Category:General Motors factories]] | | [[Category:General Motors factories]] |
| [[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Michigan]] | | [[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in New York]] |
| [[Category:Wayne County, Michigan]] | | [[Category:Tarrytown, New York]] |
| [[Category:Economy of Detroit, Michigan]]
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